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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Charles H Stone.

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CHARLES H STONE

Major · U.S. Air Force

November 6, 1934 – February 2, 1972

Service record

Charles H Stone, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 2, 1972, in Thailand, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 2W · Line 103

Position of Panel 2W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Major (MAJ)
Service
Regular
Born
November 6, 1934
Home of record
St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 2, 1972
Age
37
Country
Thailand
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

One name on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1972. In February 1972, 46 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.

Also on Panel 2W, Line 103

From St Louis

All 296 names from St Louis →

Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.